Calendars



4, 1964 J. N. NELSON ETAL 3,142,920

CALENDARS Filed NOV. 1, 1961 r R a W m 2 SWA.A an 5 m 4 FZB A 4muw% GZCL/ HJWM 5 2 J y 3 a United States Patent 3,142,920 CALENDARS Jeffery N.Nelson, 7305 Harriet Ave, Wilbur E. Bennington, 5857 Irving Ave. S., andMarshall Bates, 4253 Dupont Ave. N., all of Minneapolis, Minn. FiledNov. 1, 1961, Ser. No. 149,363 1 Claim. (Cl. 40-422) This inventionrelates to an improvement in calendars and deals particularly with asimple and effective calendar which may be manufactured in volume andsold to various individuals and firms for advertising purposes.

The present invention comprises an innovation in calendars which may bechanged from time to time to suit each individual purpose. The structuredeparts from the standard type of calendar in that the basic purpose 1sas a dispenser of personal cards.

Calendars have long been used as a medium of advertising. In manyinstances, these calendars include a calendar pad which are made up involume and which are identical, and a calendar pad support which bearsthe name of the advertiser. The calendar pad support usually is printedto bear the name and advertisement of the advertiser, and accordinglythe calendar pad supports must be individually printed for eachcustomer. As a result, calendars of the usual type can only beeconomically used if they are purchased in a considerable volume. Thecost of printing the calendars with the name and advertisement would beexcessive if only a small number of calendars were being produced.

It is an object of the present invent1on to provide a calendar whichincludes a support which is usually constructed of paperboard, ductilemetal, plastic or the like and which includes the portion which may bebent to provide a supporting stand. In its preferred form, the calcudarcomprises a generally rectangular backing sheet having channel shapedflanges extending along two opposed side edges and an angular flangealong the bottom edge. A dividing flange is struck from the rear panelof the support and is bent forwardly and upwardly to div de the supportinto upper and lower sections. The dividing flange extends substantiallyto the plane of the channel shaped flanges and the formation of theflange provides a transverse slot extending across the backing panel ofthe support just beneath the flange. A calendar pad, or individual cardsbearing a calendar notation, may be inserted through the slot by flexingthe card or pad upon insertion, the cards or pad when in place beingretained in position by the channel shaped flanges which engage theopposite side edges and the bottom edge of the pad or cards. The uppersection of the calendar support forms a compartment of proper size toaccommodate ordinary business cards. These business cards may beinserted or removed from the top of the support.

A feature of the present invention resides in the fact that the calendarsupport is normally of suflicient thickness to provide space for aseries of business cards if it is so desired. Accordingly, if it isdesired, the advertiser can supply the calendar with a series of cardswhich may be individually removed and distributed when it is so desired.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention willbe more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification andclaim.

In the drawings forming a pair of the specification.

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the calendar support with the calendarpad and cards omitted therefrom.

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view through the calendar pad supportillustrated in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view of the calendar support.

3,142,920 Patented Aug. 4., 1964 FIGURE 4 is a top view looking downupon the upper end of the calendar support.

As indicated in the drawings, the calendar support A includes arectangular back panel 10 having along opposite edges right angularlyextending flanges 11 connected at their forward edges to inturnedflanges 12. The flanges 11 and 12 form channel shaped sides which aredesigned to retain a pad of paper or a plurality of cards against theback panel 10.

A flange 13 is connected to the lower edge of the back panel 10 and isbent at right angles to the back panel to extend forwardly therefrom.The flange 13 is designed to retain a pad of papers or cards within thelower portion of the support.

A flange 14 is struck from the back panel 10 intermediate the upper andlower edges of the back panel and is bent at right angles to extendforwardly from the back panel. The flange 14 is connected to the backpanel along the upper edge of a transverse slot 15 which extends theentire width of the back panel 10. The slot 15 may provide access to thelower portion of the support, and a calendar pad or cards may beinserted through the slot and into the lower portion of the support. Itshould also be noted that the flange 14 terminates short of the inneredges of the opposed flanges 12, making it possible to insert the pad orcards into the lower portion of the support by bowing the pad or cardsforwardly. When engaged, the pad or cards rest upon the flange 13. Acalendar pad 16 is indicated in FIGURE 2 of the drawings resting uponthe flange 13 and having its side edges confined by the flanges 12.

The upper portion of the calendar support is designed to containbusiness cards such as 17. These cards rest upon the flange 14 and areconfined at their side edges by the flanges 12. As a result, the cardsmay be removed one at a time if the calendar support is to be used as ameans of dispensing business cards.

The lower portion of the calendar holder includes a pair of slits or cutlines 19 which are centered with respect to the sides of the back 10 andwhich converge toward a line of fold 20 near the lower edge of the backpanel 10 and parallel thereto. The cut lines 19, together with the loweredge of the slot 15 and the fold line 20, form a trapezoidal tab 21which may be folded rearwardly from the back panel as indicated inFIGURES l and 2 of the drawings to form an easel support for the device.The trapezoidal tab 21 is designed to hold the backing panel 10 at adesired angle to the vertical so that the calendar pad 16 and thebusiness card 17 may be readily viewed.

In accordance With the patent statutes, we have described the principlesof construction and operation of my improvement in calendars, and whilewe have endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, we desireto have it understood that changes may be made within the scope of thefollowing claim without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim:

A calendar support including:

(a) a generally rectangular back panel,

(15) channel shaped forwardly extending opposed side portions on saidback panel forming parallel grooves of a predetermined width,

(0) a forwardly turned flange along the lower edge of said panel,

(d) said panel having a slot extending throughout the width thereof at alocus intermediate the upper and lower edges of said panel for theinsertion of cards and the like into the grooves of said channel shapedportions from behind said back panel, and

(e) a forwardly turned partition flange integral with the portion of theback panel above said slot and extending forwardly from the back panelalong the upper edge of said slot,

(7) whereby additional cards and the like can be inserted in the groovesof said channel-shaped portions to rest on said partition flange forfacile subsequent removal via the upper ends of said grooves.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSGillbee Oct. 1, 1895 Hansen Sept. 4, 1934 Moore July 26, 1938 SlavskySept. 6, 1960 Hopp Apr. 17, 1962

